Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has filed a bill to overturn President Obama’s executive action on immigration: the “Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act.”
Paul’s legislation is a companion bill to Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.)’s House bill which passed last week 219-197.
“I believe that the Constitution is clear that the legislative power resides in Congress,” Paul said in a statement to the Courier Journal Friday. “The President is not a king and he does not have the power to enact laws then execute his own laws.”
The text of the bill notes that “President Obama has stated at least 22 times in the past that he can’t ignore existing immigration law or create his own immigration law.”
Paul has repeatedly mocked Obama’s flip-flop on executive action. Earlier this month, he demanded to know “how you can, with a straight face, defend the indefensible.”
“How do you defend against the president’s actual words twenty times saying he didn’t have the power?” Paul asked Fox News’ Megyn Kelly.
Paul also quipped on his Facebook page that he had a “starter pack” for the “president who thinks he’s a king,” including a scepter and throne.
